A. Accessory Structures:
1. May not be located within: a) the front yard, and b) the minimum side yard setback area required by section 18.08.042 of this title extended twenty feet (20') to the rear of the principal structure.
2. Shall not be located closer than twenty feet (20') from any residential structure on adjoining lands.
3. Consisting of railroad cars, truck trailers or vans, or production buildings formerly used as a dwelling are excluded from all residential and agricultural districts and may only be allowed in industrial and commercial districts upon issuance of a conditional use permit.
4. Shipping containers, including containers used on oceangoing vessels and/or railcars are generally excluded from all residential districts, except as provided herein, but are allowed in agricultural, industrial and commercial districts upon issuance of a conditional use permit and are permitted on a temporary basis without a conditional use permit in industrial and general commercial districts for up to one hundred eighty (180) days. The Community Services Director may allow a shipping container in any district, including a residential district, during construction for use by the contractor and any subcontractors for the period of construction not to exceed ninety (90) days. If the container(s) is in a rusted, blighted or deteriorated condition, it shall not be allowed or, if already in place, shall be removed, whether or not a conditional use permit has been granted. A shipping container may be allowed in a residential district for purposes of allowing household goods to be moved or stored temporarily for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days; the above provisions for rusted, blighted or containers in a deteriorating condition shall apply and containers shall not block roadways or driveways.
B. Animal Care Sites:
1. Will be located at least three hundred feet (300') from any residence including motels and hotels, except for an owner’s residence, unless the animals are completely housed in soundproof structures that completely screen them from view of the abutting residential property.
2. Will comply with all state and local regulations relative to such an operation and maintain adequate housekeeping practices designed to prevent the creation of a nuisance and to reduce to a minimum the factors of noise and odor.
C. Bulk Storage Of Flammable Liquids And Gases: Bulk storage of flammable liquids and gases, above ground and for resale shall:
1. Be located at least three hundred feet (300') from a residential zone, a residence, motel or hotel, except for an owner’s residence.
2. Be erected subject to the approval of the fire chief, and in accordance with the international fire code.
3. Have suitable loading and unloading spaces and off street parking facilities subject to the approval of the fire chief.
D. Storage And Manufacturing Of Chemicals, Pesticides And Fertilizer: Chemicals, pesticide and fertilizer storage and manufacturing activities shall have adequate fire protection, storage areas, warning signs and handling and disposal practices as approved by the fire chief and in accordance with the international fire code as adopted.
E. Drive-In/Drive-through Establishments: Drive-in/drive-through establishments shall:
1. Be enclosed on the property line with maintained landsc-aping and fencing, except for ingress and egress, to prevent trash from moving onto other properties.
2. Have a minimum six foot (6') high, solid fence along the property lines that adjoin residential property or residentially zoned areas.
3. Provide for adequate trash receptacles.
4. Avoid the direction of night lighting toward any residence.
F. Gravel Pits, Rock Quarries, Sand And Clay Pits And Other Natural Resources Of Commercial Value:
1. Upon depletion, the area shall be reclaimed and restored to its original appearance, to the extent feasible, and in accordance with a reclamation plan approved by the land use and development commission and city council and all temporary structures or equipment shall be entirely removed from the property.
2. Safety fencing shall be erected around all pits that create a safety hazard.
G. Kennels:
1. Commercial kennels shall:
a. Be maintained in a separate cage, structure, dog run or kennel for the housing and confinement of all dogs in such commercial kennel, which cage, structure, dog run or kennel:
(1) Shall have a minimum area of fifteen (15) square feet for each dog kept therein;
(2) Shall be located at least three hundred feet (300') from any structure intended for human occupancy or use, except for the owner’s residence;
(3) Shall have such screening fence or structure as may be necessary to confine the dogs and screen them from public views and from views from abutting properties; and
(4) Shall contain facilities for the disposal of animal waste, other than through the use of the city’s garbage collection service, which facility shall be maintained so as to prevent odors detectable from public areas and abutting properties.
b. Comply with all other state and local regulations relative to such operation, and shall be maintained to prevent noise or odors detectable from public areas or abutting properties.
2. Hobby kennels shall:
a. Only be maintained upon a lot which has a minimum area of four thousand (4,000) square feet for each dog kept on such lot, regardless of the number of persons keeping or harboring dogs on such lot.
b. Be maintained in a separate cage, structure, dog run or kennel for the housing and confinement of all dogs kept in such hobby kennel, which cage, structure, dog run or kennel:
(1) Shall have a minimum area of fifteen (15) square feet for each dog kept therein;
(2) Shall be located as far as possible from any structure intended for human occupancy or use, except for the owner’s residence;
(3) Shall, in any event, be located at least one hundred feet (100') from any such structure, except for the owner’s residence;
(4) Shall have such screening fence or structures as may be necessary to confine the dogs and screen them from views from abutting properties; and
(5) Shall contain facilities for the disposal of animal waste, other than through the use of the city’s garbage collection service, which facility shall be maintained so as to prevent odors detectable from public areas and abutting properties.
c. Comply with all other state and local regulations relative to such an operation, and shall be maintained to prevent noise or odors detectable from public areas or abutting properties.
H. Outdoor Storage: Outdoor storage of commercial and industrial products or materials shall:
1. Be enclosed by properly maintained screening fence or other structure sufficient to screen the commercial and industrial materials from the view of existing adjoining residential property or residentially zoned areas, whether or not such property is separated by an alleyway or street.
2. Not be located in any front yard setback area.
I. Production Building Cluster Arrangement: Cluster arrangements are mandatory for class III production buildings. The following standards shall apply to residential clusters, and shall control in event of conflict with any other provision of this title:
1. The minimum area to be developed shall be two (2) acres.
2. The minimum number of spaces completed and ready for occupancy before first occupancy is permitted shall be ten (10).
3. The intent of the clustered arrangement being for long term residential occupancy, no space shall be rented for periods less than thirty (30) days.
4. Off street parking areas shall be provided at the rate of at least two (2) car spaces for each dwelling.
5. Clusters shall be buffered against adjoining land uses in the same manner prescribed for nonresidential uses adjacent to residential uses, in subsection 18.12.020C of this chapter.
6. There shall be at least twenty feet (20') between dwellings and at least twenty feet (20') between an individual dwelling and any adjoining pavement areas of a park, street, sidewalk, common parking area or other common area. There shall be at least a twenty foot (20') rear yard for each dwelling on which an accessory building not to exceed eighty (80) square feet shall be allowed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for any production building cluster arrangement in existence on January 1, 1999, the front yard setback from the dwelling to any adjoining pavement areas of a park, street, sidewalk, common parking area, or other common area shall not be less than ten feet (10') and the rear yard setback shall have a minimum of twenty feet (20') between dwellings with an accessory building allowed for each dwelling not to exceed eighty (80) square feet each. Awnings open on three (3) sides shall be allowed as an attachment to the side of a dwelling provided there is at least ten feet (10') from the awning to the other dwelling or attachment to the dwelling on an adjoining area.
7. All improvements within the cluster arrangement including streets and utilities shall be completed within two (2) years from the issuance of the conditional use permit.
8. The cluster arrangement shall be screened from adjoining property and streets by a solid fence, with such additional landscaping as the city council may require.
9. The developer of a cluster arrangement shall be required to obtain design review clearance for the overall development prior to obtaining a conditional use permit.
10. No cluster arrangement shall be allowed where access to the court is by a local, as opposed to arterial or collector, street.
11. Signs shall not exceed nine (9) square feet. Under no circumstances may such signs be of exposed neon or have any flashing or moving parts.
12. Each dwelling space shall be a minimum of five thousand (5,000) square feet in area.
13. Each dwelling space shall contain no more than one production building and each such building shall be a single-family dwelling.
14. Except as otherwise provided herein, the cluster arrangement shall meet all applicable provisions of titles 16 and 17 of this code, as they may be amended.
The city council shall have the right in approving a production building cluster arrangement under this section to impose any additional conditions, including increasing the above standards and requiring the approval of operating and management standards, which are found by the council necessary to the area where it is located.
J. Production Building Sales Office: Anything in this title to the contrary notwithstanding, a production building sales site may use one class I, class II or class III production building as a sales office.
K. Riding Stables And Schools: Riding stables and schools shall:
1. Locate all stables or loafing sheds not nearer than three hundred feet (300') from any residence, except for an owner’s residence. All facilities shall be set back a distance of thirty feet (30') from any property line.
2. Be designed and located with full consideration being given to their proximity to adjacent uses and their effect upon adjacent and surrounding properties, as to the storage of horse trailers and the factors of noise and odor.
3. Be required that the owner or operator of such use shall have a continuous obligation to maintain adequate housekeeping practices to prevent the creation of a nuisance.
L. Vehicle Storage Sites: Vehicle storage sites shall:
1. Be enclosed by a properly maintained screening fence sufficient to keep vehicles on the premises from public view and from the view of existing adjoining residential property or residentially zoned areas, whether or not such property is separated by an alleyway or street. Any screening fence constructed to satisfy this requirement shall not exceed eight feet (8') in height, measured from the natural elevation of the land. These requirements shall supplement other provisions of this title and, if another provision also applies, the more restrictive shall control. Vehicle storage sites may be located within a self-service storage facility provided the vehicle storage area is less than 25% of the lot area and allowed in the zoning district.
2. Be free of all weeds and other rank vegetable growth.
3. Not contain more than two (2) acres.
M. Vehicle Sales Sites: Vehicle sales sites shall be operated and maintained in compliance with the following standards:
1. A minimum distance of three feet (3') shall be maintained between vehicles displayed for sale.
2. No vehicles shall be parked within the dimension of a sight triangle defined in subsection 18.14.020F of this title.
3. Vehicles offered for sale shall be displayed in an orderly manner and be kept clean and display an appearance of being operable. (Ord. 755, 2016; amd. Ord. 823, 2021; Ord. 845, 2022; Ord. 846 § 5, 2022; Ord. 854 § 2, 2022)